Dylan did not turn up at the centre’s shop himself but sent a representative to pick them up.”He’s always wanted to learn,” the spokesperson told Reuters. “It’s a lovely sound when they are played well, and something to be appreciated.”Dylan chose a set of R.G. Hardie pipes — one of the best makes — in the Piping Centre’s tartan along with a starter package including a chanter and a learning manual. She declined to say how much he paid.Dylan has often shown an affection for things Scottish. He has cited national poet Robert Burns as a big influence, has an honorary degree from St. Andrews University in Fife, and a number of his songs are rooted in Scottish folk tunes, including “The Times They Are A-Changing.”In a 1997 song “Highlands” he sang: “My heart’s in the Highlands wherever I roam, that’s where I’ll be when I get called home.”But for those who wince at the thought of Dylan’s raspy voice combining with the skirl of the pipes, it might a case of “There must be some way out of here.”
PwC, appointed administrator to Lehman Brothers’ European
division when the bank collapsed in September 2008, said it had
raised some 1.8 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) in cash from the
unit’s assets in the last six months, bringing the total so far
to 12.6 billion pounds.
